Blowtorch



J. A. ANDERSON.

BLOWTORCH.

APPUCATION FILED OCT- 29, 1920.

Patented July 5, 1921.

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1 UNITED STATES JAMES-A. ANDERSON, or CHIGKASHA, OKLAHOMA.

BLOWTORCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed October 29, 1920. Serial No. 420,550.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chickasha, in the county of Grady and State ofOklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBlowtorches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a blow torch, utilizing gasolene or the likeas a fuel, and constructed to avoid the necessity of heating theescaping vapor to convert it into a gas for ignition.

The invention is particularly directed to providing in connection withthe torch proper and as a part thereof, an igniting means, adjustablewith relation to the torch to direct the flames from such means into aproper position for igniting the torch,

without regard to the position of the torch in use; the body of thetorch being adapted to be filled with a fuel soaked filling throughwhich air is directed under pressure, to provide the fuel vapor for thetorch.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved torch.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, partly in elevation, of thesame.

Figs. 3 and 4: are broken views in elevation illustrating the adjustability of the igniting means.

In, the form of torch illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the torch comprisesa cylindrical body 1 having removable ends 2 and'3, whereby the body maybe substantially filled with a material such as waste 3 previouslysoaked in gasolene or the like. A nipple 5 projects from one end as 3 toreceive a coupling 6 to which is attached a flexible hose 7, which mayhave a mouth piece 8 to permit the operator to blow air through the body1, or such hose may be adapted for connection to any suitable source ofair under pressure.

The end 2 of the body is provided with a nipple 9, which through a unionl0, sup-' ports a hollow and rigid conduit 11, terminating in a torchjet end 12, of any appropriate type.

An igniting means is supported upon the conduit 11, and as showncomprises a body 13 to receive alcohol or the like, a wick 14; extendingthrough a wick-tube 15 projecting from the body, and adjustable throughthe usual means 16, providing for burning the alcohol at a point beyondthe body as 1s desired. One end of the body 13 has a connector 17,adapted to slidably engage the conduit 11, a second connector in theform of clamping jaws 18 projecting from the body 13 and being adaptedto embrace the conduit 11. The jaws 18 are designed to be clamped ontothe conduit 11 to secure the igniting means in fixed relation to theconduit through the medium of a clamping screw 19.

It is to be particularly noted that the igniting means or lamp isadjustable lengt wise the conduit 11, or conduit 23 of the modified formin order that in whatever po sition the torch may be used, theflame fromthe lamp, indicated at 27, in Figs. 3 and 1, will reach the end of thect nozzle to ignite the fuel issuing therefrom. In Fig. 3, the torch isin use with the jet end elevated, in which event the lamp will be movedtoward the body 1, so that the flame which of course rises verticallywill reach the end'of the jet nozzle; while in Fig. 41 the torch isshown as being used in a position with the jet nozzle extendeddownwardly, under which conditions the lamp will be adjusted from thebody 1. V

In the use of the torch, the lamp is ignited, and upon air being blownthrough the hose pipe connection 7, either from the mouth of the user orfrom any suitable source of air pressure, a fuel vapor is forced fromthe jet nozzle of the torch and immediately ignited. The usual timeemployed in heating a generator on the torch to generate gas is entirelyobviated withthe present construction, and by controlling the airpressure, the length of the flame from the torch may be similarlycontrolled.

What I claim is A blow torch comprising a container con t0 and spacedfrom the burner on the stiff tubular element, a pair of connectors onthe liquid container, each connector having a 7 bearing through whichthe stiff tubular member passes to form a support for said member, oneof saidmembers having a screw I and cotiperating nut whereby'toremovably J A MES A. ANDERSON.

